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Allies and partners

Evolving partnerships like the Quad, AUKUS, and the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue with Japan add further depth to the US-Australia alliance. Ensuring that these minilateral relationships keep pace with developments in their constituent bilateral partnerships is essential for Australian strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific.
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Peter J. Dean

Professor Peter Dean

Senior Adviser for Defence StrategyUnited States Studies Centre
Brendon O'Connor, a Professor of US Politics and US Foreign Relations

Professor Brendon O'Connor

Professor of US Politics and US Foreign RelationsUnited States Studies Centre (jointly appointed with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney)
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Associate Professor David Smith

Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign PolicyUnited States Studies Centre (jointly appointed with the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney)
Esther Soulard, a Senior Research Associate with the Foreign Policy and Defence Program at the United States Studies Centre

Esther Soulard

Senior Research Associate, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre
Kester Abbott, a Research Associate working with Dr Michael J. Green.

Kester Abbott

Research AssociateUnited States Studies Centre
Sophie Mayo

Sophie Mayo

Non-Resident Fellow, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre
Allies and partners

USSC Briefing Room | Signals, not spectacle: Dr Michael Green on Takaichi’s visit to Australia

For our 100th episode, USSC CEO Dr Michael Green joins the podcast to discuss Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s visit to Australia last week.
Podcast byDr Michael J. Green, Mari Koeck
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi waves as she departs from a RAAF base in Canberra on May 5, 2026, after a three-day official visit to Australia.
The Indo-Pacific

Japan’s new leader tours Asia, pitching stability in troubled times

6 May 2026
In the news byDr Michael J. Green
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sign a joint agreement
Allies and partners

Dr Michael Green: The Japan opportunity for Australia

6 May 2026
Commentary byDr Michael J. Green
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese take part in a signing ceremony for a joint declaration of economic security cooperation at Parliament House in Canberra on May 4, 2026.
Trade and economics

Japan was first mover on economic security. Australia’s now a partner

4 May 2026
Commentary byHayley Channer
The U.S. flag flies at a welcoming ceremony between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump November 9, 2017 in Beijing, China.
The Indo-Pacific

The Asia Chessboard | How Does Southeast Asia View US–China Competition?

1 May 2026
Podcast byDr Michael J. Green
The Quad

The Quad should share intel on critical-mineral supply risks

30 April 2026
Commentary byHayley Channer
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) touches King Charles III during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on April 28, 2026 in Washington, DC.
US politics

Behind King Charles III's visit to the US

29 April 2026
Interview byDr Michael J. Green
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives to the House of Representatives for Question Time on March 10, 2026 in Canberra, Australia.
Foreign policy

Albanese targets tech giants over news

28 April 2026
Interview byBruce Wolpe
Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va., holds his town hall meeting in Midlothian, Virginia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017.
US politics

Donald Trump names pick for top US post in Australia after 15-month vacancy

28 April 2026
In the news byAssociate Professor David Smith
Technology

USSC Briefing Room | Is there space for Australia in outer space?

22 April 2026
Podcast byDr Kathryn Robison, Samuel Garrett
Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window on 6 April 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon.
Foreign policy

Harnessing Australia’s space strengths for the Alliance

14 April 2026
Brief byDr Kathryn Robison, Isobel Haddow
Foreign policy

Iran war doesn’t herald post-American world but there are opportunities for Australia in the geopolitical shakeup

11 April 2026
Commentary byDr Michael J. Green
Allies and partners

AUKUS cements the US and Australian alliance. But at what cost?

8 April 2026
In the news byJared Mondschein